Misrecognition reads like the mixture of summer heat rising and cigarette smoke, as Elsa mourns her recent polyamorous breakup through first, disassociation, and second, growing obsession with a famous actor in town for her hometown’s theater festival and - more importantly - the magnetic, androgynous Sam that is part of his close-knit group. Madison Newbound captures the languid, bittersweet period of self-discovery (of  lightly reckless relationships, parasocial obsessions, and misplaced self-identity) of queer young adulthood.